01975cam a22002657 4500001000700000003000500007005001700012008004100029100002200070245016600092260006600258490004200324500001800366520076200384530006101146538007201207538003601279690008401315690009401399700002201493710004201515830007701557856003801634856003701672w10008NBER20161209222059.0161209s2003 mau||||fs|||| 000 0 eng d1 aHsieh, Chang-Tai.10aWhen Schools Compete, How Do They Compete? An Assessment of Chile's Nationwide School Voucher Programh[electronic resource] /cChang-Tai Hsieh, Miguel Urquiola. aCambridge, Mass.bNational Bureau of Economic Researchc2003.1 aNBER working paper seriesvno. w10008 aOctober 2003.3 aIn 1981, Chile introduced nationwide school choice by providing vouchers to any student wishing to attend private school. As a result, more than 1,000 private schools entered the market, and the private enrollment rate increased by 20 percentage points, with greater impacts in larger, more urban, and wealthier communities. We use this differential impact to measure the effects of unrestricted choice on educational outcomes. Using panel data for about 150 municipalities, we find no evidence that choice improved average educational outcomes as measured by test scores, repetition rates, and years of schooling. However, we find evidence that the voucher program led to increased sorting, as the best' public school students left for the private sector. aHardcopy version available to institutional subscribers. aSystem requirements: Adobe [Acrobat] Reader required for PDF files. aMode of access: World Wide Web. 7aI2 - Education and Research Institutions2Journal of Economic Literature class. 7aL3 - Nonprofit Organizations and Public Enterprise2Journal of Economic Literature class.1 aUrquiola, Miguel.2 aNational Bureau of Economic Research. 0aWorking Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research)vno. w10008.4 uhttp://www.nber.org/papers/w1000841uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3386/w10008